Coin-holder



m I G. W. ROWLEY.

- 00m HOLDER. No. 268,296. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. ROWLEY, OF CALEDONIA, WISCONSIN.

COIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 268,296, dated November28, 1882.

' Application filed March 20, 1882, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ROWLEY, of Caledonia, Columbia county,Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved (Join- Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding coins of var ous denominations.

The invention consists in a coin holder formed with a plate havingrecesses for receiving and means for securing the coins therein, aflanged cover hinged to the same, and a pouch or bag, for receivingcoins or bills, attached to the lower ends of the plate or cover.

It also consists in the combination, with the recessed plate, ofspringstrips having their ends provided with tongues, secured in thesaid recesses, forholding thecoins in the recesses.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved coin-holder, showing itopen. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same,showingit closed; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation of one of thespring'strips for holding the coins.

A plate or block, A, of wood, metal, hard rubber, celluloid, or othersuitable material, is provided in its edges with a series of recesses,B, of different sizes, to receive the dili'erent coins. These recessesare open at the inner surface of the block or plate A and closed at theouter surface. Spring-strips (J, having the ends out longitudinally toform a series of sprin -tongues, D, are secured in the inner sides ofthe recesses for the purpose of bolding the coins; or blocks E, of softrubbber, can be secured in the ridges, separating the recesses in such amanner that the sides of these rubber blocks project into the recesses,as shown, which rubber blocks serve also to hold the coins in therecesses. To the lower end of the block or plate A a flanged cover, F,ishinged or pivoted, which is adapted to fold spring-tongues 1)sidewise, and the pressure 7 of the spring-tongues D against the edgesof the coins serves to hold the coins in the recesses. Thespring-tongues above the uppermost coin pass over the upper surface ofthe same, and thus assist in holding the coins in the recesses andprevent the coins from falling out when the coin-case is inverted. Ifthe coins are pressed into one of the recesses provided with the rubberblocks E, the edges of the coins will be pressed into the rubber, andwill thus be held in the recesses. To remove the coins from therecesses, they are pulled out edgewise. Coins or bills, &c., can bedropped into the bag H.

The block or plate Acan be made solid or hol lowforinstance,ifit is madeof sheet metal.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. An improved coin-holder consisting of a plate havingrecesses to receive and means for securing the coins therein, a flangedcover hinged to the lower edge of the same, and a pouch attached to thelower ends of the plate and cover, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. In a coin-holder, the combination, with the coin-receiving recessesB, of the springstrips 0, secured in the recesses B, and having the endscut longitudinally to form springtongues D, substantially as hereinshown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE WASHINQTON RoWLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN LAVIGNE, HENRY S. RoWLnY.

